History VideoGame / TeamKirbyClashDeluxe

** The Ice Dragon from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' reappears here, in full. It's fought 3 times.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In ''Super'', Parallel Nightmare summons King D-Mind to battle Team Kirby. The moment he appears, King D-Mind turns to Parallel Nightmare and immediately slugs him in the face with his hammer, blasting Parallel Nightmare into the background. This ultimately proves ''fatal'' when Paralle Nightmare attempts to summon the Aeon Hero (read: '''''[[BloodKnight Galacta]] [[SealedEvilInACan Knight]]'''''), who rather than booting him aside, outright slashes Nightmare across the back while the latter was distracted, and turns his attention to Team Kirby.]]

** In the Port Village in Super: Taranza sits on Magolor's shoppe. Meta Knight is flying around in the background, occasionally landing near the water, Kine and Rick are hanging out on benches on the opposite sides of the screen, Coo will fly back and forth, and Francisca and Flamberge are hanging out near the water while talking.
** In the Castle Village in Super: Hyness will fly along the background, Gooey rolls around behind the quest sign near a Parasol Waddle Dee, Susie is relaxing on Magolor's Shoppe, Zan Partizanne is relaxing by herself on a bench near the right edge of the screen, and Adeleine and Ribbon are near the left edge of the screen with Ribbon floating above Adeleine who is hard at work on a painting.

* EasterEgg: If Colossal Waddle Dee is allowed to live for an extended period of time, it may perform a rare animation where it turns to the camera and waves at the player.

* {{Nerf}}:
** As in ''Kirby Fighters Deluxe'', floating is nerfed to prevent infinite camping/cheesing in upper corners of the map.
** Hammer's mobility is vastly reduced in this game to give it a MightyGlacier role. While it still boasts monstrous damage output, the inability to move any faster than a normal walk and practically nonexistent float ability makes it much harder to cheese with Hammer.

** In the Port Village in super: Taranza sits on Magolor's shoppe. Meta-Knight is flying around in the background, occasionally landing near the water, Kine and Rick are hanging out on benches on the opposite sides of the screen, Coo will fly back and forth, and Franziska and Flamberge are hanging out near the water while talking.

** In Team Kirby Clash Delux, [[spoiler:Dark Taranza, upon defeat, summons another mirror. Out of it comes Shadow Dedede, but with the mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]]]].

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Dark Taranza, upon defeat, summons another mirror. Out of it comes Shadow Dedede, but with the mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]]]].

* TheCameo: As you make story progress, various ''Kirby'' characters will appear in the Dream Kingdom town. These include familiar faces such as Rick, Kine, Coo, Meta Knight, and [[spoiler:Taranza]]. ''Super'' adds a few more, such as [[spoiler:Francisca and Flamberge]].

* AchievementSystem: The Heroic Quest system rewards Gem Apples and Rare Fragments for completing certain tasks.

** Like in the original, when you level up, in addition to your actual stat gains you may get a message saying that a "stat" such as Puffiness or Eye Sparkle increased (not that it matters). A very similar message appeared after defeating Computer Virus in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''.
** The Rarity 8 and 9 gears are based on several ''Kirby'' characters: [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter Blade]] and [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Landia]] (for Sword Hero), [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Wham Bam Rock]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]] (for Hammer Lord), [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse Drawcia]] (complete with the Magic Paintbrush for your staff) and [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Magolor]] (for Beam Mage) and [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Chuchu]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza]] (for Doctor Healmore).
** ''Super'' adds the Rarity 14 tier, which is based on other ''Kirby'' villains: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Morpho Knight]]]] for Sword Hero, [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Masked Dedede]] for Hammer Lord, [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Sectonia]] for Dr. Healmore, and [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Marx]] (based on his ''Star Allies'' appearance) for Beam Mage.
** The penultimate boss [[spoiler:Dark Taranza has Queen Sectonia's color scheme, complete with a stinger at the bottom of his body. It looks as if he's starting down a similar path, if her clone's DyingAsYourself in ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot's'' Meta Knightmare Returns is any indication.]]
** The final boss [[spoiler:King D-Mind is (according to WordOfGod) based on how Masked Dedede's mask looks like a toned down version of Dark Mind's helmet; thus D-Mind could be seen as the "Masked" [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Shadow Dedede.]]]]
** The game's epilogue states "But they remain on guard... After all, who knows when another evil might arise?" This line is pulled directly from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror's'' epilogue.
** From the second fight onward, Parallel Nightmare uses attacks that he used in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''[='s=] Strato Patrol EOS sub-game.

* GiantMook: In addition to Kibble Blade and King Doo returning from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', this game also introduces its own Giant Mooks. You'll fight a Colossal Waddle Dee as a WarmupBoss. It's just like a regular Waddle Dee, only larger and slower. Later you'll fight [[SequentialBoss Colossal Double-Team and Triple-Team]] where Colossal Kabu (the spinning moai head mook) and Colossal Hothead (the "Fire" mook) join in the fun.

** ''Super'' upgrades the Waddle Dee a bit by giving it a spear, making it Colossal Spear Waddle Dee. It's practically as harmless as before but can throw his spear and poke Kirby with it. It also likes to take naps mid-battle, rendering it vulnerable.

* RarityEqualsPower: How the rarity tiers work in this game. The rarer the equipment, the better the stats.

** Nightmare makes his return in ''Super'' in his first prominent role in a ''Kirby'' game since ''[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Nightmare in Dreamland]]''.

* TurnsRed: "[[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry [Boss Name] is furious!]]" After which the bosses will whip up stronger attacks and tactics.

** Even better is the highest Rarity (10) gears, the Platinum Gears - not only do they shine and gleam brightly, but [[InfinityPlusOneSword they have phenomenal stats]]. They also require one Rare Fragment each (along with 99 of other fragments and Gem Apples) to buy.

* AwardBaitSong: In a first for the ''Kirby'' series, ''Super Kirby Clash'' has a vocal theme called "Green Tree Memories", performed by Natsumi Iwaide.

** From the second fight onward, Parallel Nightmare uses attacks that he used in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''[='s=] Stratos Patrol E.O.S. sub-game.